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Correspondence between Alfonso D'Avalos, Marchese di Vasto, and Conte Caravaggio concerning War Taxes – Bound Parchment Leaves – Milano, 1542
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Pro Caravagio, a manuscript. Brown ink on parchment. Milano, 1542. Italian.
Copying of correspondence between Alfonso D'Avalos, Marchese di Vasto and Conte Caravagio, signed at the end by the Italian notary Alessandro Confalonieri who lived and acted in Milano between 1537 and 1567.
The letters by di Vasto deal with the battles he led in Piemonte, where he fought under the command of Karl V, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, against Francis I, the King of France. In the letters he reports that he faced financial difficulties which led him to impose taxes on Italian towns, including Caravagio; details the taxes that this town paid and promises in return a part of the incomes of the state of Milano.
[10] leaves, 23 cm. Some stains. Bound in a late Carta Rustica paper binding, stained and slightly torn at margins. Dated on the binding 1542.
This item was sold by Sotheby's auction house, London, June 8, 2011.
Copying of correspondence between Alfonso D'Avalos, Marchese di Vasto and Conte Caravagio, signed at the end by the Italian notary Alessandro Confalonieri who lived and acted in Milano between 1537 and 1567.
The letters by di Vasto deal with the battles he led in Piemonte, where he fought under the command of Karl V, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, against Francis I, the King of France. In the letters he reports that he faced financial difficulties which led him to impose taxes on Italian towns, including Caravagio; details the taxes that this town paid and promises in return a part of the incomes of the state of Milano.
[10] leaves, 23 cm. Some stains. Bound in a late Carta Rustica paper binding, stained and slightly torn at margins. Dated on the binding 1542.
This item was sold by Sotheby's auction house, London, June 8, 2011.
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